---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1717"
citation: "Texas SB 1717 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "STALKING (S0044)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3625eb2-553e-4e96-a92a-c0f45afa87de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1717.xml"
source_hash: "e5e3c2f4d1657e4e0f7d5ae3281e8d48071226825d0d5222015331fa6619df06"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 1717 (88) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **109–28** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-18** Recommitted to committee
- **2023-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3625eb2-553e-4e96-a92a-c0f45afa87de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).